Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

I have learned that one of the most important rules in politics is poise - which means looking like an owl after you have behaved like a jackass.

I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

I've heard drug experts say they believe if penicillin were discovered today, the FDA wouldn't license it.

The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive the 19th century sense of adventure and awe with which our forefathers greeted the American West. Many laws protecting environmental quality have promoted liberty by securing property against the destructive trespass of pollution. In our own time, the nearly universal appreciation of these preserved landscapes, restored waters, and cleaner air through outdoor recreation is a modern expression of our freedom and leisure to enjoy the wonderful life that generations past have built for us.